Hybrid Tomato Variety &#39;H2128&#39;

ABSTRACT

Hybrid tomato variety ‘H2128’ is described. The tomato variety is a ground-culture hybrid processing tomato variety suitable for machine harvest and is adaptable to the climactic conditions of regions such as California, USA, Italy, and Spain. It is a main season variety with resistance to  fusarium  wilt races 1, 2, and 3, bacterial speck race 0, root knot nematode, tomato spotted wilt virus, early blight, and late blight. The elongated-pear shape in combination with strong internal and external color makes it particularly valuable for whole-pack tomato products, where varieties with good color and resistance to  fusarium  wilt race 3 are needed.

FIELD

This disclosure relates to the field of plant breeding. In particular,this disclosure relates to a new variety of tomato, Solanum lycopersicumvariety denominated ‘H2128’.

BACKGROUND

Breeding improved tomato varieties involves providing genetics that givean advantage to the grower, processor, consumer, or other members of thesupply chain. The improvement may be in the form of field performance,disease resistance, factory performance, or a fruit qualitycharacteristic. For a tomato variety to be suitable to be grown forprocessing, the variety must have a concentrated fruit setting andmaturity, firm fruit, and sufficient rot tolerance to allow early fruitto remain rot-free while later fruit continues to develop and ripen.

Most tomato varieties for commercial processing are hybrids resultingfrom a cross pollination of two true-breeding, inbred parents. Throughthe use of true-breeding lines, a hybrid is produced that often displayscharacteristics of each parent, and often demonstrates characteristicsthat are superior to either parent alone, or that allow a hybrid to maskinadequacies of the individual parents.

Processing tomato varieties combining resistance to verticillium wiltrace 1 (Verticillium dahlia), fusarium wilt races 1, 2, and 3 (Fusariumoxysporum pv lycopersici), bacterial speck race 0 (Pseudomonas syringaepv. tomato), tomato spotted wilt virus, and root knot nematode(Meloidogyne incognita) are highly desirable in many climates around theworld. Moreover, in regions such as California and Italy, an elongatedpear-shaped tomato holds great commercial value for specialty products.Specifically, varieties which combine resistance to fusarium wilt race 3and tomato spotted wilt virus and elongated pear shape are very uncommonand in high demand by both growers and processors to ensure a productivecrop cycle.

Processing tomato quality parameters differ from those of fruit used inthe fresh market. The processing characteristics are typicallydetermined using a sample of hot-break tomato pulp or juice produced ina consistent manner to those familiar with the art. For example, a fixedmass of tomatoes may be cooked in a microwave oven for several minutesto halt any enzymatic breakdown of the sample, lost water is replaced,and the sample is pulped to remove skins and seed to produce a uniformjuice sample. The juice sample can be analyzed for various qualityparameters important to processing tomato including but not limited togross viscosity measures such as juice Bostwick, soluble solids measuresusing a refractometer (° Brix), measures of acidity and pH, and measuresof color (e.g., a Hunter a/b score). The value of these traits dependson the product that is being commercially produced by the processingfactory. In some instances, a factory will put a higher value on a thickviscosity variety, whereas in other instances, a thin viscosity willmake a superior product and is preferred.

SUMMARY

Provided herein is a new and distinct tomato variety named ‘H2128’ thatproduces exceptional yields of medium, uniform fruit and demonstrates anadaptability to both humid and arid growing conditions around the worldsuch as Italy and California, USA, respectively. The variety ‘H2128’ hasresistance to verticillium wilt race 1, three known races of fusariumwilt, bacterial speck race 0, root knot nematode, tomato spotted wiltvirus, early blight, late blight, and bacterial spot. The fruit of‘H2128’ are firm and an elongated pear-shape with excellent red colorwith an average fruit weight of 73 grams. ‘H2128’ presents an advantageover industry standard varieties such as ‘H5608’ in that it hasdemonstrated resistance to fusarium wilt race 3 which has become asignificant production limitation in the state of California. ‘H2128’maturity is sufficiently concentrated, allowing for once-over machineharvesting applications prior to onset of ripe fruit rots.

In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed to tomato seeddesignated as ‘H2128’ having ATCC Accession Number PTA-127068. In oneaspect, the present disclosure is directed to a tomato plant, as well asany plant part or portion isolated therefrom, produced by growing‘H2128’ tomato seed. In another aspect, the present disclosure isdirected to a tomato plant or part isolated therefrom having all thephysiological, morphological, and/or genetic characteristics of a tomatoplant produced by growing ‘H2128’ tomato seed having ATCC AccessionNumber PTA-127068. In yet another aspect, the present disclosure isdirected to a tomato plant having all of the physiological andmorphological characteristics of tomato variety ‘H2128’, andspecifically including those listed in Table 1 below, whereinrepresentative seed is deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-127068.

In still another aspect, the present disclosure is directed to tomatoseed having at least a first set of the chromosomes of tomato variety‘H2128’, wherein representative seed is deposited under ATCC AccessionNumber PTA-127068. In another aspect, the present disclosure is directedto an F₁ hybrid tomato seed, methods of making F₁ hybrid tomato seed,plants grown from the seed, leaf, ovule, pollen, rootstock, scion,fruit, cotyledon, meristem, anther, root, root tip, pistil, flower,stem, calli, stalk, hypocotyl, pericarp, or portion thereof isolatedtherefrom having ‘H2128’ as a parent, wherein ‘H2128’ is grown from‘H2128’ tomato seed having ATCC Accession Number PTA-127068. Thedisclosure is also directed to a method of producing a tomato plantderived from tomato variety ‘H2128’, including crossing a plant oftomato variety ‘H2128’ with another tomato plant. The method may furthercomprise harvesting seed from the F₁ hybrid tomato seed and/or crossingthe F₁ hybrid tomato plant with itself or another plant to produce seedfrom a progeny plant.

Tomato plant parts include leaf, ovule, pollen, rootstock, scion, fruit,cotyledon, meristem, anther, root, root tip, pistil, flower, stem,calli, stalk, hypocotyl, pericarp, the like, and any portion thereof. Inanother embodiment, the present disclosure is further directed to tomatofruit, stem, leaf, root, root tip, pollen, rootstock, scion, ovule,seed, and flower, and any portion thereof, isolated from ‘H2128’ tomatoplants. In one aspect, the plant part comprises at least one cell fromtomato variety ‘H2128’. In another aspect, the present disclosure isfurther directed to tissue culture of regenerable cells derived from‘H2128’ tomato plants. In one aspect, the tissue culture of regenerablecells has all the physiological and morphological characteristics oftomato variety ‘H2128’. The disclosure is further directed to a tomatoplant regenerated from tissue culture. In another aspect, the disclosureis directed to a protoplast produced from tissue culture and a plantregenerated from the protoplast. At least in some approaches, the plantregenerated from the tissue culture or protoplast has all of thephysiological and morphological characteristics of tomato variety‘H2128’, and specifically including those listed in Table 1.

In another aspect, the disclosure is directed to a method for producinga plant part, which at least in one aspect is tomato fruit, andharvesting the plant part. In another aspect, the plant part comprisesat least one cell from tomato variety ‘H2128’.

The disclosure also is directed to vegetatively propagating a plant oftomato variety ‘H2128’ by obtaining a part of the plant and regeneratinga plant from the plant part. At least in some approaches, theregenerated plant has all of the physiological and morphologicalcharacteristics of tomato variety ‘H2128’, and specifically includingthose listed in Table 1.

In yet another aspect, the present disclosure is further directed to amethod of selecting tomato plants by a) growing ‘H2128’ tomato plantswherein the ‘H2128’ plants are grown from tomato seed having ATCCAccession Number PTA-127068; and b) selecting a plant from step a). Inanother aspect, the present disclosure is further directed to tomatoplants, plant parts, and seeds produced by the tomato plants, where thetomato plants are isolated by the selection method.

In another aspect, the present disclosure is further directed to amethod of breeding tomato plants by crossing a tomato plant with a plantgrown from ‘H2128’ tomato seed having ATCC Accession Number PTA-127068.In another aspect, the tomato plant of tomato variety ‘H2128’ isself-pollinated. In still another aspect, the present disclosure isfurther directed to tomato plants, tomato parts from the tomato plants,and seeds produced therefrom where the tomato plant is isolated by thebreeding method.

In another aspect, the disclosure relates to a plant of tomato variety‘H2128’ comprising a transgene and/or a single locus conversion, and anyseeds or plant parts isolated therefrom. The disclosure also relates tomethods for preparing a plant of tomato variety ‘H2128’ comprising atransgene and/or a single locus conversion. In one aspect, the plantcomprising a single locus conversion and/or transgene has all thephysiological and morphological characteristics of tomato variety‘H2128’.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

The patent or application file contains at least one drawing executed incolor. Copies of this patent or patent application publication withcolor drawings will be provided by the office upon request and paymentof the necessary fee.

FIG. 1 illustrates the fruit of tomato variety ‘H2128’.

FIG. 2 illustrates the fruit and plant of tomato variety ‘H2128’.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Described herein is the new and distinct tomato variety named ‘H2128’that was developed to provide a ground-culture hybrid tomato variety(i.e., not grown on stakes) that is suitable for machine harvest and isadaptable to the climactic conditions of regions such as California,USA, Italy, and Spain.

Processing tomato varieties combining resistance to verticillium wiltrace 1 (Verticillium dahlia), fusarium wilt race 1, 2 and 3 (Fusariumoxysporum pv. lycopersici), bacterial speck race 0 (Pseudomonas tomato),root knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita), tomato spotted wilt virus,early blight (Alternaria solani), late blight (Phytophthora infestans),and bacterial spot (Xanthomonas spp.) are highly desirable in manyclimates around the world, particularly in California, USA. Tomatovarieties for processing are also valued when they have elongatedpear-shape fruit and maturity concentrated enough to allow for machineharvesting prior to the onset of fruit rots.

Tomato plants of ‘H2128’ are resistant to verticillium wilt race 1,three known races of fusarium wilt, bacterial speck race 0, root knotnematode, tomato spotted wilt virus, early blight, late blight, andbacterial spot. Large plants are light green in color with an upright,rather open foliage which exposes the fruit, resulting in some sunburnof the fruit. Fruit of ‘H2128’ are firm, an elongated pear-shape, andmedium in size (73 grams) with strong internal and external color.Maturity until machine harvest is considered in the main season class,on par with ‘H5608’; as with most varieties, actual days to maturity canvary based on environmental conditions.

Stability of Variety ‘H2128’

The variety is uniform and stable within commercially acceptable limits.As is true with other tomato varieties, a small percentage of variantscan occur within commercially acceptable limits for almost anycharacteristic during the course of repeated multiplication. However, novariants were observed during the three years in which the variety wasobserved to be uniform and stable.

TABLE 1 Characterization of tomato variety ‘H2128’ compared to twoprocessing industry standards, ‘H5608’ and ‘H3402’ Character ‘H2128’‘H5608’ ‘H3402’ Seedling Anthocyanin in hypocotyl Present PresentPresent Habit of 3-4 Wk seedling Normal Normal Normal Mature PlantHeight (cm) 101 cm  111 cm  109 cm  Growth Type Determinate DeterminateDeterminate Form Normal Sprawling Normal Size of Canopy Large LargeMedium Habit Sprawling Sprawling Semi-erect Stem Branching IntermediateProfuse Profuse Branching at Cotyledon Absent Absent Absent # nodesbelow first 1-4 nodes 4-7 nodes 7-10 nodes  inflorescence # nodesbetween early 1-2 nodes 1-2 nodes 1-2 nodes inflorescence(1^(st)-2^(nd), 2^(nd)-3^(rd)) # nodes between later 1-2 nodes 1-2 nodes1-2 nodes inflorescence Pubescence on younger stems Sparse SparseModerate Leaf Type Tomato Tomato Tomato Morphology Compound with majorCompound with major Compound with major and minor leaflets and minorleaflets and minor leaflets (image 2) (image 2) (image 2) Margins ofMajor Leaflets Shallow Nearly Shallow entire toothed Marginal Rolling orWiltiness Slight Moderate Absent Onset of Leaflet Rolling MidseasonMidseason Midseason Surface of Major Leaflets Rugose Rugose RugosePubescence Sparse Normal Sparse Leaf Vein Color Transparent TransparentTransparent Inflorescence Type Simple Forked Simple # flowers ininflorescence 6   5   7   average Leafy or “running” Absent AbsentAbsent inflorescence Flower Calyx Normal Normal Normal Calyx-LobesShorter Shorter Shorter than than than corolla corolla corolla CorollaColor Old Gold Yellow Yellow Style pubescence Sparse Sparse SparseAnthers Fused/Tubed Fused/Tubed Fused/Tubed Fasciation Absent AbsentAbsent Fruit Typical shape in Pear Shaped Blocky Blocky longitudinalsection (image 6) Oval oval Shape of transverse section Round RoundRound Shape of stem end Flat Indented Flat Shape of blossom end NippleFlat Indented Shape of pistil scar Dot Dot Dot Abscission layer AbsentAbsent Absent point of detachment fruit At calyx At calyx At calyx atharvest Length of pedicel (joint 2.0 cm 0.9 cm 1.1 cm to calyxattachment) (cm) Length of mature fruit 8.5 5.2 5.8 (stem axis) (cm)Diameter of fruit at widest 4.0 3.8 4.5 point (cm) Weight of MatureFruit (g) 73   73   62   Number of Locules 2   2-4 2   Fruit SurfaceSmooth Smooth Smooth Fruit Base Color Light Yellow Apple/ (Mature GreenStage) Green Green medium green Fruit Pattern (mature Uniform UniformUniform green stage) Shoulder color if different n/a n/a n/a from baseFruit color full ripe Red Red Red Flesh color full ripe Red Red RedFlesh color Uniform Uniform Uniform Locular gel color of table- YellowYellow Red ripe fruit Ripening Uniform Uniform Uniform Stem Scar SizeSmall Small Small Core Coreless Coreless Coreless Epidermis Color YellowYellow Yellow Epidermis Normal Normal Normal Epidermis Texture AverageTough Average Thickness or Pericarp (mm) 6.0 8.0 8.5 Resistance to FruitDisorder Not tested Not tested Not tested Disease and Pest ReactionsViral Diseases Cucumber Mosaic n/t n/t n/t Curly Top n/t n/t n/tPotato-y Virus n/t n/t n/t Blotch Ripening n/t n/t n/t Tobacco MosaicRace 0 n/t n/t n/t Tobacco Mosaic Race 1 n/t n/t n/t Tobacco Mosaic Race2 n/t n/t n/t Cracking, Concentric n/t n/t n/t Tobacco Mosaic Race 2²n/t n/t n/t Tomato Spotted Wilt Resistant Resistant Susceptible TomatoYellows n/t n/t n/t Gold Fleck n/t n/t n/t Others n/t n/t n/t BacterialDisease Bacterial Canker Susceptible Susceptible Min. (Clavibactermichiganense) Resistant Bacterial Soft Rot n/t n/t n/t (Erwiniacarotovora) Bacteria Speck race 0 Resistant Resistant Resistant(Pseudomonas tomato) Bacterial Spot Resistant Susceptible Susceptible(Xanthomonas spp) Bacterial Wilt n/t n/t Susceptible (Ralstoniasolanacearum) Other Bacterial Disease n/t n/t n/t Fungal DiseaseAnthracnose n/t n/t Susceptible (Colletotrichum spp.) Brown Root Rot orCorky Root n/t n/t Susceptible (Pyrenochaeta lycopersici) Collar Rot orStem Canker n/t Susceptible Susceptible (Alternaria solani) Early BlightDefoliation Resistant Susceptible Min. (Alternaria solani) ResistantFusarium Wilt Race 1 Resistant Resistant Resistant (F. oxysporum f.lycopersici) Fusarium Wilt Race 2 Resistant Resistant Resistant (F.oxysporum f. lycopersici) Fusarium Wilt Race 3 Resistant SusceptibleSusceptible (F. oxysporum f. lycopersici) Grey Leaf Spot n/t n/t n/t(Stemphylium spp.) Late Blight, race 0 Resistant n/t Susceptible(Phytophthora infestans) Late Blight, race 1 n/t n/t n/t Leaf Mold race1 n/t n/t n/t (Cladosporium fulvum) Leaf Mold race 2 n/t n/t n/t(Cladosporium fulvum) Leaf Mold race 3 n/t n/t n/t (Cladosporium fulvum)Leaf Mold Other Races: n/t n/t n/t Nail head Spot n/t n/t n/t(Alternaria tomato) Septoria Leaf spot n/t n/t n/t (S. Lycopersici)Target Leaf spot n/t n/t n/t (Corynespora cassiicola) Verticillium WiltRace 1 Resistant Resistant Resistant (V. dahliae race 1) VerticilliumWilt Race 2 n/t n/t n/t (V. dahliae race 2) Other Fungal Disease n/t n/tn/t Insects and Pests Colorado Potato Beetle n/t n/t n/t (L.decemlineata) Root Knot Nematode Resistant Resistant Resistant (M. sp.)Spider Mites n/t n/t n/t (Tetranychus spp.) Sugar Beet Army Worm n/t n/tn/t (S. exigua) Tobacco Flea Beetle n/t n/t n/t (E. hiritipennis) TomatoHornworm n/t n/t n/t (M. quinquemaculata) Tomato Fruit worm n/t n/t n/t(H. zea) Whitefly n/t n/t n/t (T. vaporariorum) Other n/t n/t n/t

Chemistry and Composition of Full-Ripe Fruits

TABLE 2 Hot-break tomato juice characteristics for new variety ‘H2128’and two check varieties ‘H5608’ and ‘N6428’ ‘H2128’ ‘H5608’ ‘N6428’Serum viscosity (centistokes) 10.1 9.6 7.6 Juice Bostwick (cm) 11.9 10.612.6 Soluble solids (° Brix) 5.2 5.0 5.1Average of 2 years of trials in California in a total of 24 locations.

TABLE 3 Phenology ‘H2128’ ‘H5608’ ‘N6428’ Fruiting Season Short ShortShort Relative Maturity Medium Medium Long

TABLE 4 Adaptation ‘H2128’ ‘H5608’ ‘N6428’ Culture Field Field FieldPrinciple use Whole-pack Whole-pack, Concentrate Concentrate Machineharvest Yes Yes Yes Regions of adaptability California Sacramento/ Yes -1 Yes - 1 Yes - 2 upper SJ valley California lower SJ Yes - 2 Yes - 2Yes - 1 valley Northeastern USA No No n/tIf more than one category applies, they are listed in rank order.

Comparison of ‘H2128’ to Closest Varieties

Data in Table 1 is based primarily upon trials conducted inCollegeville, Calif. from two replications, non-staked, in a researchplot environment among two checks, ‘H5608’ and ‘H3402’. Data in Tables2, 3, and 4 are based upon observations and laboratory fruit qualitymeasurements made in numerous trials throughout California over a 2-yearperiod, relative to ‘H5608’ and a Nunhems variety ‘N6428’. Diseaseresistance and adaptability assessments are based upon DNA markersassociated with the disease resistance when available or numerousobservations collected in regions/climates with specific diseasepressure, specifically for ripe fruit rots, bacterial spot, bacterialcanker, early blight, and late blight, including Ontario, Canada.

On the processing side, ‘H2128’ is less viscous than ‘H5608’ and ‘N6428’but it offers an elongated pear-shape. Processing factories are oftenlooking for elongated pear-shape tomatoes for specialty whole-pack uses;thus, ‘H2128’ would be classified as a pear variety. The addition ofresistance to fusarium wilt race 3 to an elongated fruit variety is ofsignificant value with very few options commercially available. Fieldyield has also been shown to be very high in ‘H2128’ relative to ‘H5608’in numerous grower trials. Several field characteristics can distinguish‘H2128’ from ‘H5608’, particularly when compared side-by-side in trials.‘H2128’ is generally a few days slower to mature than ‘H5608’ and oftenhas an open plant that exposes fruit resulting in sunburn. The sunburnis not at a level to impact utility of the fruit in the factories,particularly for concentration. The foliage is a lighter green thaneither ‘H5608’ or ‘N6428’.

Further Embodiments

Additional methods provided herein include, without limitation, chasingselfs. Chasing selfs involves identifying inbred plants among tomatoplants that have been grown from hybrid tomato seed. Once the seed isplanted, the inbred plants may be identified and selected due to theirdecreased vigor relative to the hybrid plants that grow from the hybridseed. By locating the inbred plants, isolating them from the rest of theplants, and self-pollinating them (i.e., “chasing selfs”), a breeder canobtain an inbred line that is identical to an inbred parent used toproduce the hybrid. Accordingly, another aspect of the disclosurerelates a method for producing an inbred tomato variety by: plantingseed of the tomato variety ‘H2128’; growing plants from the seed;identifying one or more inbred tomato plants; controlling pollination ina manner which preserves homozygosity of the one or more inbred plants;and harvesting resultant seed from the one or more inbred plants. Thestep of identifying the one or more inbred tomato plants may furtherinclude identifying plants with decreased vigor, i.e., plants thatappear less robust than plants of the tomato variety ‘H2128’. Tomatoplants capable of expressing substantially all of the physiological andmorphological characteristics of the parental inbred lines of tomatovariety ‘H2128’ include tomato plants obtained by chasing selfs fromseed of tomato variety ‘H2128’.

One of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that once a breeder hasobtained inbred tomato plants by chasing selfs from seed of tomatovariety ‘H2128’, the breeder can then produce new inbred plants such asby sib-pollinating, or by crossing one of the identified inbred tomatoplant with a plant of the tomato variety ‘H2128’.

The disclosure further includes introducing one or more desired traitsinto the tomato variety ‘H2128’. For example, the desired trait mayinclude male sterility, male fertility, herbicide resistance, insectresistance, disease resistance, and drought resistance.

The desired trait may be found on a single gene or combination of genes.The desired trait may be a genetic locus that is a dominant or recessiveallele. The genetic locus may be a naturally occurring tomato geneintroduced into the genome of a parent of the variety by backcrossing, anatural or induced mutation, or a transgene introduced through genetictransformation techniques. For a genetic locus introduced throughtransformation, the genetic locus may comprise one or more transgenesintegrated at a single chromosomal location. Accordingly, the disclosureprovides tomato plants or parts thereof that have been transformed withone or more transgenes (i.e., a genetic locus comprising a sequenceintroduced into the genome of a tomato plant by transformation) toprovide a desired trait. In one aspect, the one or more transgenes areoperably linked to at least one regulatory element. In one aspect, thetomato plant or plant part comprising a transgene has all thephysiological and morphological characteristics of tomato variety‘H2128’.

The gene(s) may be introduced to tomato variety ‘H2128’ through avariety of well-known techniques, including for example, molecularbiological, other genetic engineering, or plant breeding techniques,such as recurrent selection, backcrossing, pedigree breeding, molecularmarker (Isozyme Electrophoresis, Restriction Fragment LengthPolymorphisms (RFLPs), Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs),Arbitrarily Primed Polymerase Chain Reaction (AP-PCR), DNA AmplificationFingerprinting (DAF), Sequence Characterized Amplified Regions (SCARs),Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms (AFLPs), and Simple SequenceRepeats (SSRs) (also referred to as Microsatellites)), enhancedselection, genetic marker enhanced selection, and transformation.Accordingly, tomato seed, plants, and parts thereof produced by suchgenetic engineering or plant breed techniques are also part of thepresent disclosure.

Also provided herein are single locus converted plants and seedsdeveloped by backcrossing wherein essentially all of the morphologicaland physiological characteristics of an inbred are recovered in additionto the characteristics conferred by the single locus transferred intothe inbred via the backcrossing technique. A single locus may compriseone gene, or in the case of transgenic plants, one or more transgenesintegrated into the host genome at a single site (locus). One or morelocus conversion traits may be introduced into a single tomato variety.In one aspect, the tomato plant or tomato plant part comprising a singlelocus conversion has all the physiological and morphologicalcharacteristics of tomato variety ‘H2128’.

Deposit Information

A deposit of the tomato variety ‘H2128’ is maintained by HeinzSeedCompany, having an address at 6755 CE Dixon St, Stockton, Calif. 95206,United States of America. Access to this deposit will be availableduring the pendency of this application to persons determined by theCommissioner of Patents and Trademarks to be entitled thereto under 37C.F.R. § 1.14 and 35 U.S.C. § 122.

At least 625 seeds of tomato variety ‘H2128’ were deposited on Apr. 28,2021 according to the Budapest Treaty in the American Type CultureCollection (ATCC), P.O. Box 1549, MANASSAS, Va. 20108 USA. The deposithas been assigned ATCC number PTA-127068. Access to this deposit will beavailable during the pendency of this application to persons determinedby the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks to be entitled theretounder 37 C.F.R. § 1.14 and 35 U.S.C. § 122. Upon allowance of any claimsin this application, all restrictions on the availability to the publicof the variety will be irrevocably removed for the enforceable life ofthe patent.

The deposits will be maintained in the ATCC depository, which is apublic depository, for a period of 30 years, or 5 years after the mostrecent request, or for the effective life of the patent, whichever islonger, and will be replaced if a deposit becomes nonviable during thatperiod.

What is claimed is:
 1. Tomato seed designated as ‘H2128’, representativesample of seed having been deposited under ATCC Accession NumberPTA-127068.
 2. A plant produced by growing the seed of claim
 1. 3. Aplant part from the plant of claim 2, wherein the plant part comprisesat least one cell from tomato variety ‘H2128’.
 4. The plant part ofclaim 3, wherein the part is selected from the group consisting of leaf,ovule, pollen, rootstock, scion, fruit, cotyledon, meristem, anther,root, root tip, pistil, flower, stem, calli, stalk, hypocotyl, pericarp,and portion thereof.
 5. A tomato plant having all the physiological andmorphological characteristics of the tomato plant of claim
 2. 6. A plantpart from the plant of claim 5, wherein the plant part comprises atleast one cell from tomato variety ‘H2128’.
 7. The plant part of claim6, wherein the part is selected from the group consisting of leaf,ovule, pollen, rootstock, scion, fruit, cotyledon, meristem, anther,root, root tip, pistil, flower, stem, calli, stalk, hypocotyl, pericarp,and portion thereof.
 8. A tomato plant having all of the physiologicaland morphological characteristics of tomato variety ‘H2128’, wherein arepresentative sample of seed has been deposited under ATCC AccessionNumber PTA-127068.
 9. A plant part from the plant of claim 8, whereinthe plant part comprises at least one cell from tomato variety ‘H2128’.10. The plant part of claim 9, wherein the part is selected from thegroup consisting of leaf, ovule, pollen, rootstock, scion, fruit,cotyledon, meristem, anther, root, root tip, pistil, flower, stem,calli, stalk, hypocotyl, pericarp, and portion thereof.
 11. Pollen ofthe plant of claim
 2. 12. An ovule of the plant of claim
 2. 13. A tissueculture of regenerable cells from a plant part of claim 3, wherein saidtissue culture of regenerable cells has all the physiological andmorphological characteristics of tomato variety ‘H2128’.
 14. A tomatoplant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 13, the plant havingall of the physiological and morphological characteristics of tomatovariety ‘H2128’, wherein a representative sample of seed has beendeposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-127068.
 15. A protoplastproduced from the tissue culture of claim 13, wherein a plantregenerated from the protoplast has all of the physiological andmorphological characteristics of tomato variety ‘H2128’.
 16. A method ofproducing a tomato plant derived from tomato variety ‘H2128’, the methodcomprising crossing the plant of claim 2 with another tomato plant toproduce a F₁ hybrid tomato plant.
 17. The method of claim 16, furthercomprising harvesting seed from the F₁ hybrid tomato plant.
 18. Themethod of claim 16, further comprising crossing the F₁ hybrid tomatoplant with itself or another plant to produce seed from a progeny plant.19. The plant of claim 2, said plant having all the physiological andmorphological characteristics of tomato variety ‘H2128’, and furthercomprising a transgene.
 20. The plant of claim 2, said plant having allthe physiological and morphological characteristics of tomato variety‘H9XX’, and further comprising a single locus conversion.
 21. A methodfor producing a tomato fruit, the method comprising: growing the tomatoplant of claim 2 to produce a tomato fruit; and harvesting the tomatofruit.
 22. A method for producing a tomato seed comprising:self-pollinating the tomato plant of claim 2; and harvesting theresultant tomato seed.
 23. A method of vegetatively propagating theplant of claim 2, the method comprising: obtaining a part of the plant;and regenerating a plant from the part, the regenerated plant having allof the physiological and morphological characteristics of tomato variety‘H2128’ listed in Table 1.